Of artistry and video games, one often is hard pressed to find when the defining moment had been created. Could it be when the first avatars of game players were created for Pong? Or perhaps when the console Nintendo Entertainment Syst...

SEPTEMBER 30TH DINOSAURS WILL FLY! The 4th wall in video games became fully realized when Lakitu is the cameraman for Super Mario 64. It's a simple enough concept with the 4th wall always being where the audience is behind viewing the s...

A yuletide tradition among fighting game enthusiasts, but I did this shitty image version of the song. Enjoy and click on "next" for the next stanza http://lorangecat.livejournal.com/2010/11/19/ Merry Christmas to all.

I love Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Brilliantly adapted. The changes from the novel were beyond well suited, they were strokes of genius. Wright gets it right. Simply the best adapted creative work since Harry Potter: PoA. However upon w...

In this world where gaming is still seen as this activity of bloodthirsty shut ins, middle aged loners (or until recently middle-aged housewives looking for an online trick) and a reason for obesity, it's hard pressed to find good examples ...

FF13 heading to X-Box 360 brought a small insight to the bizarre relationship we gamers have with Squaresoft's business practices. In regards to FF7, it held a sway over gamers to jump Nintenship onto the PS1 decks, created a near decade (...

It'd be stupid to think that we have enough whole video game films to actually validate as being some sort of quality cinema. So instead the best we could muster so far is just mere moments and flashes of genius that we return to or rememb...

About DarwinMayflowerone of us since 1:19 AM on 10.31.2008

Stuck between uneducated hardcore gaming nerd and pseudo intellectual, I've found my ego has not be recognized as much as I want (i.e. by everyone). Why not continue my rants in a more specifically highlighted area in which I could get some actual discourse, rather than an ignorance of my rants or creating an atmosphere of intimidation which results in no discussion at all. I love talking about games, I love games. Why not put it to good use?